What is the meaning of Treasuries?

noun

• The funds of a government or institution or individual.
  • synonyms: treasury, exchequer
• The government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues.
  • synonyms: treasury
• Negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time.
  • synonyms: Treasury, Treasury obligations
• The British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy.
  • synonyms: Treasury, First Lord of the Treasury
• The federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789.
  • synonyms: Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, Treasury, United States Treasury
• A depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely.
  • synonyms: treasury